Friday, November 28, 2014

F3 Among the Stars

Thanksgiving
in deep space and on a ship is always different from being on a planet,
especially a core planet. On board Fleet ships, Flynn always had to endure what
Suppo—the ship’s Supply Officer—could get, and while it almost always included
some form of turkey, it was barely edible and not recognizable as belonging to
fowl.

As an
officer he generally fared better, but now, after picking up grain on Cortata
Prime, he and his crew celebrated Thanksgiving on board Calypso the right way. The Cortatans had been all too happy to let
Flynn purchase a large supply of food for the Thanksgiving meal, had even
offered to let them celebrate it planetside, but they had a deadline to deliver
the cargo.

So, in Calypso’s common area they feasted on
roasted, farm-raised turkey, potatoes, carrots, peas, and, best of all pumpkin
and apple pies, all washed down with some local wine and cider as coasted out
of the system.